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Life with an autistic brother is tough for Thomas when all he wants is to be a normal teenager. His girlfriend Jackie tries to help Thomas, but he has to take a long hard look at himself in order to accept his brother. Read more
| Starring | Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette, Erik Thomson |
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| Director | Elissa Down |
| Genres | Drama |
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Presumably because there are too many actual black sheep in Australia for the term to mean anything, this movie focuses... read more on Time Out
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Enjoyably unexpected
This only had 23 votes at my time of renting and (obviously) no review, so I thought I'd give it a chance, and am glad that I did.
The story ... read more »
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eye opener
It truly shows what life can be like living with somone with autism,great film would recommend anyone to watch this.
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Blown Away
Such an incredible movie, it has everything humour, love, heartache and warmth.
Thomaas is about to turn 16 and he is trying to cope with his older ... read more »
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not worth waching
this is really not a very good film,looking at the cover you would think it's about a young guy falling in love but it's not,it's mainly about the ... read more »
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carefull or you might just love this film...
As previously stated by other reviewers; Black Ballon was a very pleasent surprise. I must admit I wasnt expecting much, but I have to say it certainly ... read more »
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Black Balloon
A lovely delicate film with the center of the Story around a Spastic Adolescent and his supportive twin brother Tom..
The difficulties of family ... read more »
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The Black Balloon
I was expecting this film not to be good at all, as the trailer didn't portray it in the best light. I will say that the acting was good and I love Toni ... read more »
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My favorite film EVER
The acting, the story, the emotion in this film is just amazing. I've seen reviews before saying it's too real. But i think thats what cinema is meant ... read more »
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Black Balloon
This is a film ive been wanting to watch for sometime, as a huge Home and Away fan I wanted to see how Rhys Wakefield would act in film as appose to soap land! ... read more »
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Bad acting, stupid story
Rubbish film. Bad acting, no story, autistics are not all like the guy shown..whos acting was crap. Stupid story, not funny....boring.
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V.good portrayal of 'normal' family life in an autistic household.
I have an autistic brother so can relate to this film exeptionally well but if you have no awareness of people living with autism it can provide a great insight... read more »